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Project turns NHS uniforms into upcycled bags

Envirotec Magazine

Hand-stitched, upcycled bags will give a second life to NHS uniforms that would otherwise be incinerated or sent to landfill, in a new project by two recent graduates from the University of Brighton. It is a creative, sustainable model that could be scaled up to raise even more funds for the amazing work the NHS does for us.

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Novoloop is making tons of upcycled plastic

TechCrunch: Climate

The California-based startup recently completed a test run of its demonstration plant that continuously upcycles waste plastic. The startup’s upcycled material, which it calls Lifecycled TPU (thermoplastic polyurethane), is made by breaking down polyethylene plastic into its basic building blocks, called monomers.

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Libattion opens battery upcycling facility in Switzerland

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The company has opened a new battery upcycling production facility in Biberist, near Zurich. Zurich-based Libattion provides large-scale stationary energy storage systems made from used and surplus EV batteries. The new plant is designed for an annual capacity of 500 MWh by 2026, and has the potential to scale up to 1 GWh.

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Redwood Materials is giving old EV batteries a second life as microgrids

The Verge: Energy

Redwood has already deployed its first microgrid powered by upcycled EV batteries. Redwood says it has “over a gigawatt-hour” of reusable batteries in its pipeline, a number it expects to grow by 5 GWhs in the coming year.

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3ti divests solar car park construction division in order to focus on its rapid-deployment EV charging platform

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3ti’s Papilio3 platform is built around upcycled shipping containers with 19.3 3ti Energy Hubs has completed the strategic divestment of its solar car park construction division to Phoenix Renewables (doing business as egg). The multi-million-pound transaction will enable 3ti to rapidly scale its solar EV charging hub technology, Papilio3.

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Altilium produces commercial-grade recycled battery CAM

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Atlilium says its EcoCathode process can recover more than 95% of the critical metals, including lithium, from spent batteries, before upcycling and re-engineering them to produce new battery chemistry materials.

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Greentown, Evonik, and Two Startups are Decarbonizing the Personal-care Industry with Go Make 2025

Greentown Labs

La Fabrique Vgtale hailing from Lyon, Francedevelops sustainable, upcycled, plant-based solutions for the cosmetics and perfume industries, including emollients, biosolvents, and biopolymers. These solutions serve as substitutes for petroleum-sourced raw materials and prioritize circularity.